新概念第三册 37课

1、 The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车 15070120 桑雨婷Lesson37 We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms; flights may be cancelled because of bad weather, but trains

2、must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong. The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs. After consulting my railway timeta

3、ble, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven. It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted mere a hour and seventeen minutes. When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this did not str

4、ike me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. Bu

5、t when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder, It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a

6、passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the trains existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a not

7、e of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: This service has been suspended.New words and expressions1. The Westhaven Express #express n

8、. 快车；adj. 高速的 express way: 高速公路 express train快车 special express 特快 through express 直快 stopping/ local train 慢车2.We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. # punctual adj. 准时的 be punctual in doing sth. 在做方面非常 准时 be punctual to the minute 非常准时 punctually adv. unpunctual ant. punctuality n.

9、严守时间 辨析：punctuation n.标点# We ve learnt to expect that 我们已经习惯于期盼3.After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables.# condition v. 使习惯于 =form a habit in Eg: This society has conditioned each of us. be conditioned to 习惯了 Eg: Each of us has been conditione

10、d to the society. # condition n.条件 on condition that 在条件下如果 *on no condition 在任何情况下，用在句首句子要倒装 Eg. On no condition must you be late. in good/ bad condition 情况良好/情况糟糕 change ones condition 结婚 # faith n. 信任 keep faith with sb. 对守信用 put ones faith in sth 对有信心 on the faith of 在的保障下，凭的信用辨析：faith 深信不疑，信仰，比

11、belief 程度重一点 belief 可信赖，可接受 conviction 坚定的信念 trust 相信，依赖 credit 对完全相信3.Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services. 只有非同寻常的大雪才可能暂时打乱铁路运行。# exceptionally 异常地；特殊地；例外地# dislocate dslket vt. 使关节脱位;使（交通，事务等）混乱4. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities whe

12、n something does go wrong. 一旦铁路上真出了问题，人们便不加思索地责备铁路当局。# too.to句型中，在too前出现了all, only, but, not等词的时候，to就有肯定意义 Eg: One is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老 # blame sb. for sth. 因为责怪某人 blame sth. on sb. be to blame 该受责备；应承担责任5. At the time, this did not strike me as odd. 一开始，我并不感到奇怪。# strike sb. as 给某人印象；使某

13、人感到 as后面可以跟分词或者形容词6. I reflected that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. # reflect v. 细想 reflect on sth 细想 reflect upon oneself 自我反省6. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. 即便是特别快车也可能被信号拦住。# mighty adj. 强大的，

14、有力的 # hold up=hold back, hinder, prevent 阻拦；拦截；举起7. It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。# dawn d:n n. 拂晓;醒悟 vi. 破晓;开始出现vt. （开始）被理解；被想到 dawn on sb 渐渐被某人明白 #

15、roar r:(r) v. 吼叫n. 吼叫声，咆哮声; 大笑 chug 英tg vi. 发出突突声; （火车、汽船等）咔嚓咔嚓地前进 n. 突突声 roar down ,chug along 呼叫向前, 慢慢向前 (形式一致) # barely=only 8. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.# lodge ld v. 提出 make/ lodge complaint 提出抱怨 lodge vi. 存放;暂住;埋入 vt. 提出（报告、要求、申诉等）;容纳;寄存;把（权利、权威等）授予 n. 小屋，草屋;（北美印第安人的）帐篷; （森林、猎场等的）看守小屋;（学校、工厂等的） 传达室9. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.# triumph tramf n. 胜利; 心满意足 vi. 战胜;获胜;克服;打败Eg. Her sense of triumph was short-lived 她只感受了片刻成功的喜悦。10. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at t